June monthly goals halfway check-in

yer girl is languishing, crashing out and absolutely devastated rn but i literally don't even have time to lament, bewail and bemoan my fate. i dont have time to be sad ;w; 

I need to cope by keeping my schedule full and keeping on top of my goals, also I will try to spend time with frens and family instead of socially isolating.

So at the beginning of this month, I made a list of some monthly goals to accomplish. Since today is June 15th, I need to do a halfway point check-in to make sure I'm staying on track. Honestly fam, it's not looking too good for me right now but I think there's still hope.

The halfway check-in is also a good chance for me to revise any goals that I think are too unrealistic. Also, if you're considering incorporating monthly goals into your own life, I suggest having no more than 5 per month and making sure they all have to do with different areas of your life. If you make them all about fitness or all about academics it might be harder to get them all done. 

So here are my goals for June:

1. Ojibwemaxxing: Review 400 Anishinaabemowin vocabulary flashcards on Anki and move on to lesson 8 of the Kidon Miinawaa Introductory Ojibwe online textbook. By the way if you're interested in learning Ojibwe, you can find this free online course here: https://ciel.utsc.utoronto.ca/ojibwe-textbook/

2. Healthmaxxing: Go for a run (at least 4 times)

3. Annoying task which is extremely important but that I have been putting off for too long: Do my student visa application lmao

4. Creativitymaxxing: Draw a fairy sitting on a mushroom surrounded by giant bugs

5. Hobbymaxxing: Pick up at least 1 new hobby. Ideas include knitting, chess, or playing the flute. 

Now let's see how I've actually been managing in all these areas:

1. Ojibwemaxxing: Aapiji niminochige! I've actually been doing really well with this one and hit my target. I also started working through a grammar workbook called "Our Ojibwe Grammar" by Rick Gresczyk. This made me realize that I need to set a much more ambitious target for Ojibwemaxxing in July! 

2. Healthmaxxing: lmao i have failed to do this. I haven't been on a single run. But there is still time to get on this and it still seems realistic, so I won't revise this goal.

3. Extremely important task: have not done this lmao i need to get on this

4. Creativitymaxxing: I did the lineart but haven't started the colouring yet. The colouring will take a very long time to do though. I use prismacolor coloured pencils as my preferred medium. My technique has improved so I know how to make fur or hair look more realistic now, and this is good cause one of the creatures in this piece is a giant tarantula and I need to make sure the texture of the orange and black fuzz looks realistic!! I won't revise this goal even though it's a time consuming one, cause honestly art is extremely therapeutic for me and I need that right now because I have been a very sadge girl lately. 

5. Hobbymaxxing: This goal needs to be scrapped. Duolingo has chess lessons by the way, if anyone's interested. I tried them and they were alright, but I feel like I would rather improve my technique in hobbies I already have than pick up a new one right now. 

Alright, it seems like I can achieve all of these. I'll let you guys know what happens!

Also, I desperately need to get back into creative writing. Stay tuned for narrative poems, novel excerpts and short stories!!